“I have more complicated feelings about film school in general. I can’t speak for every film school, and obviously USC is a great program and one of the best, but it’s tough to take whatever nugget you have that makes you want to be a writer or filmmaker and try to sort of give it [...]
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Archive for February, 2013
Feb
27
2013
 
Screenwriting Quote #179 (Chris Terrio)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“I knew that I wanted to make movies but I kinda didn’t know what you do.” Chris Terrio (Talking about after graduating from college) Screenwriter Chris Terrio is now Oscar-winning screenwriter Chris Terrio. His script for Argo was not only a winner for him but the movie also took home the Oscar for best film. His [...]
Feb
26
2013
Really Good Writing & ActingPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“It’s a little cliche, but I’ve learned that you can’t make a movie that even works, much less that’s good, without really good writing and really good acting. That lesson has led me to not be distracted, so much, by the other stuff going on in filmmaking and to focus on the essence of a [...]
Feb
25
2013
Filmmaking Quote #34 (Ben Affleck)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“I was nobody auditioning, and then I was seen as this young, emerging talent, writer, Oscar winner (Good Will Hunting screenplay) — and then I was seen as this blockbuster actor, and then I was seen as this kind of train-wreck actor (RAZZIE Award winner, Worst Actor—Daredevil. Gigli, Paycheck) and then I was seen as this resurgent [...]
Feb
22
2013
Creating “I Dream of Jeannie”Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaI decided to round out the week with another Sidney Sheldon quote. Along with his best-selling novels, his Tony award, and his Oscar award, he was also the producer and creator of I Dream Of Jeannie. While it may not be the pinnacle of TV production, it’s still is a fan favorite more than forty years [...]
Feb
21
2013
“A story that had to be told…”Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“In 1967, during the second season of [I Dream of] Jeannie, I was nominated for an Emmy. At the awards ceremony, I met Charles Schulz, who was also nominated for writing Charlie Brown. I was a big fan of his and his friend, Charlie Brown. Charles and I started talking, and he turned out to be a [...]
Feb
20
2013
Sidney Sheldon’s Early StartPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“I got a job as a [script] reader at $17 a week. I would get up at 4 o’clock every morning and work on original stories. I started selling them, and I became established as a screenwriter…Any talent is a gift, I think we’re obligated to work as hard as we can at whatever talent [...] “When I was about 30, I had three shows running on Broadway. And that made me happy.” Sidney Sheldon “I won an Oscar, for The Bachelor And The Bobby-Soxer. And that was one of the worst nights of my life. I should have been exhilarated and I was depressed. And I thought, you know, this [...]
Feb
18
2013
Hollywood Hacks & ShipwrecksPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“When did you last see a movie that engaged your mind a week or a month later?…When crap drives out class, our taste grow coarser and the life of the imagination grows smaller.” Stephen King What’s Next For Pop Culture? Recently I looked at what movies were playing at a four-plex theater by my house and [...]
Feb
15
2013
Pity, Fear, Catharsis (Tip #69)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“You’ve got to remember that the story is much more about the audience than it is about the characters or the plot. And it is much more about the audience than it is about the storyteller. “ Agent Julian Friedmann “Aristotle described the formula. He did that two and a half thousand years ago. Not only [...] |
